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CVE-2009-0188

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-0188 describes a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Apple QuickTime versions prior to 7.6.2. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or trigger a denial-of-service condition by enticing a user to open a specially crafted movie file containing a malformed Sorenson 3 video. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 7.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:quicktime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:quicktime:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:quicktime:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:quicktime:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:quicktime:4.1.2:-:mac:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.86%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0486 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

applepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00000.html
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35091
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / secunia_research/2009-10
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/50886
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16085
support.apple.com / kb/HT3591
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/504007/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/35159
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1469
PatchVendor Advisory